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Andrew A very nice puzzle from Philistine: quite tricky in parts, but in a chewy kind of way that yielded to patient thought. A couple of references to fictional characters may have puzzled some. … Read more >>
I was close to giving this up as unfinished, thanks to a mistaken entry at 29a, but managed to recover. The time I spent on that has rather obscured my memory of the … Read more >>
I learned a couple of new words today, though both were gettable/guessable from their anagrams and some crossing letters. I started off quickly with this one but struggled a bit towards the end. … Read more >>
I haven’t always been a big fan of Anto’s puzzles in the past, but I enjoyed this one: a few slightly quirky moments, but some nice touches as well. Thanks to Anto. … Read more >>
The four long downs can make this grid rather intimidating, but Picaroon fills and clues it with great style, as usual. Thanks to him for another enjoyable puzzle. … Read more >>
The instruction “the wordplay in each clue leads to a solution where two letters require an elementary substitution before entry in the grid” may have been intended as cryptic , but I guessed … Read more >>
It’s a Brummie, so…
A timely puzzle from Boatman, which I found rather easier than some of his offerings. The word “time” occurs in over half the clues: often it gives us a T, but sometimes it … Read more >>
A tough challenge from the impaler today, with a political flavour to many of the clues. I see ACE across the middle row – I don’t know if that’s significant. Despite the tricky … Read more >>
Quite a tricky one this week I thought, with a lot of unfamiliar words in both answers and wordplay. Everything worked out soundly in the end, of course, with just a slight niggle … Read more >>
A very Monday-ish puzzle from Vulcan today; though light on the cryptic definitions, unusually. A quick but pleasant solve: thanks to Vulcan. Across 1. BESIDE THE POINT Behind … Read more >>
A typical Paul puzzle that was not easy but gave up its secrets at a satisfying rate, with a couple of bits of schoolboy humour in the mix. As usual Paul is hosting … Read more >>
Phew, that was hard, made harder by the rather unfriendly grid, though the split answer at 1,13 and the cross-reference between 6 and 17 helped a bit. I wasn’t sure of some parsings … Read more >>
Mostly very straightforward clueing from Brummie today, and a quick solve for me, though I was held up by the parsing of 11a. I was almost immediately tipped off to the theme by … Read more >>
Pasquale in gentle mood today, with almost no obscurities (for me, anyway: others may disagree). Mostly very straightforward clueing, with a couple of devices that have been round the block a few times. … Read more >>